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My name is Daniel Paul.
I once used a laundry room as an office.
Now I share the stage with Robert Kiyosaki.
I grew up in a middle-class family.
My father worked for the central government.
My mother worked for the state government.
We didn’t have luxuries.
But we had love.
And we had hard work.
As a boy, one of the first books I held was Rich Dad Poor Dad.
I didn’t fully understand it then.
But I knew it meant something.
It made me dream.
Then came failure.
Failure in business.
Failure in life.
The kind of failure that makes you wonder if you’re worth anything at all.
When my daughter was born, I was broke.
I worked in toilets because we had no space.
I sat on cold tiles at 2 AM, typing on my laptop, telling myself don’t quit.
I worked three, sometimes four jobs.
From sunrise to past midnight.
For years.
Every day I had two choices.
Stay broken.
Or rise stronger.
I chose to rise.
And then, one day, I stood on the same stage as Robert Kiyosaki.
The man whose book first opened my eyes.
I thought of that boy clutching the book, wide-eyed, never imagining this day.
And in that moment, I knew dreams do come true.
Not by luck.
Not by shortcuts.
By mindset.
By work.
Thank you
Success Resources
and
June Yoon
for believing in me.
Thank you
Veronica Tan
for trusting me.
Thank you
Richard Tan
for opening doors.
To you who are reading this
I know what darkness feels like.
I know the weight of doubt.
Keep going anyway.
Work harder than the voice that tells you to quit.
Your full-circle moment is waiting.
Don’t stop until you get there.
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